Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. We’ll read Hebrews 8-10. I’m calling today’s episode “Once For All.” Comments on Hebrews 8-10 My comments today are going to be very short, because the main point being made in these three chapters can be summarized very succinctly. Here it is: Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is epistles Sunday. We’ll read Hebrews 5-7. I’m calling today’s episode “A Clean Slate.” Comments on Hebrews 7 and 8 Melchizedek is a bit of a mystery man. As it said in chapter 7, we don’t know anything about his genealogy. Verse three tells us “There is no record of his father…
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Transcript Podcast Introduction Today is Epistles Sunday. We’ll begin the book of Hebrews by reading chapters 1-4 I’ll have some comments after the reading. And of course I’ll have an “On This Date In Church History” segment for you, too. I’m calling today’s episode “The Sweet Spot.“ Comments on Hebrews 1-4 Thoughts on Hebrews 1 and…
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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents By Rod Dreher / Sentinel Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn once noted that people often assume that their democratic government would never submit to totalitarianism—but Dreher says it’s happening. Sounding the alarm about the insidious effects of identity politics, surveillance technology, psychological manipulation, and more, he equips contemporary Christian…
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Thoughts Really the main point being made in these three chapters can be summarized very succinctly. Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with His own blood, and that one-time sacrifice was good for all time. The reason the author of Hebrews elaborated so much is because the main audience of the book, the Jews, needed to…
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Thoughts Melchizedek is a bit of a mystery man. As it said in chapter 7, we don’t know anything about his genealogy. Verse three tells us “There is no record of his father or mother or any of his ancestors—no beginning or end to his life.” Well that’s kind of strange, especially for those times…
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Thoughts We do not know the author of the book of Hebrews, but we do know to whom it was written: Christian Jews, and for their benefit (as well as ours), most of chapter one is dedicated to establishing who Jesus is in light of the Old Testament. Chapter 2 begins with this sentence: Therefore…
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This chapter talks about faith and what it is. And it gives several examples of people who exhibited it, and how it changed not just their lives, but people after them, as well. It is a sort of mini Hall of Fame for OT people of great faith. Why do you suppose the author of…
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Really the main point being made in these two chapters can be summarized very succinctly: Jesus made the perfect sacrifice with His own blood, and that one-time sacrifice was good for all time. The reason the author of Hebrews elaborated so much is because the main audience of the book needed to be convinced from…
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When we were in the book of Hebrews last time, I told you that I’d talk more about Melchizedek. There is actually a lot to say about him and and his significance, and our time here is short, so here is a link to a really good article in the show notes at 346.lifespringmedia.com if you’d…
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